After conducting a search for sites across the country, a growing and trendy electric car company based in the Vancouver, Canada has announced plans to build a new 235,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Mesa, Arizona.
The Electra Meccanica Vehicles Corporation says its new Mesa plant will be a combined assembly facility as well as engineering technical center.
The facility will additionally include laboratories for the research and testing of chassis, battery packs, and other vehicle components.
The plant is set to be built just to the north of the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, at the intersection of Ray Road and Hawes Road.
The company, which was founded in 2015, earlier announced plans to launch its single-occupant, 3-wheeled Solo model, capable of reaching a top speed of 100 miles per hour.
Notes the publication Motor Trend: “The Solo isn’t technically a car, it’s an electric autocycle.”
In a statement Paul Rivera, chief executive officer of the company, said Electra Meccanica decided to locate in Mesa because the city “offered us the best overall comprehensive proposal that includes best site, best land, best option for workforce.”
The company additionally said it wants to build in Mesa in order to be closer to a target West Coast market.
Work on the new facility is expected to begin by sometime this summer, with the goal of having the first car on the market by the end of 2022.
By Garry Boulard
